G.&T.MOFFAT & CO.LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC060874 · ltd · incorporated 1976-10-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£509.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £509,257
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,027 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£509k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£456k
↓ 2.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£105k£210k£315k£419k£524kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£513.6k£528.5k
Current assets£456.2k£468.0k
Net assets£509.3k£524.3k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-04-04
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  3. 2023-04-06
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  4. 2022-08-12
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  5. 2022-06-06
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  6. 2022-04-26
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  7. 2022-04-26
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  8. 2022-04-26
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  9. 2022-04-26
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  10. 2022-04-26
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-04-26
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  12. 2021-06-02
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-04-22
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    address · AD01
  14. 2020-07-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-11-19
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    address · AD01
  16. 2019-11-19
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  17. 2019-03-01
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  18. 2012-08-08
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    MOFFAT, George Ferguson resigned
    director
  19. 2010-06-01
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    MOFFAT, Alistair appointed
    director
  20. 1976-10-07
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    Company incorporated
    As G.&T.MOFFAT & CO.LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "MOFFAT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Moffat
Individual · British · DOB 09/1982 · age 44
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-10-07
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Smithfield
Kirkpatrick Fleming
Lockerbie
Dumfries And Galloway
DG11 3AU
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MOFFAT, Elizabeth Cole→
secretary
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Active
MOFFAT, Alistair→
director · ~44y · appointed 2010-06-01
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Active
MOFFAT, Elizabeth Cole→
director · ~76y
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Active
MOFFAT, George Ferguson→
director · ~80y · resigned 2012-08-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-26